Sopacbacom: A Pictorial Review of the South Pacific Base Command
Late 1944 or 1945, oblong wraps, 55 pp, good only with water stains and rumpling from dampness throughout, but readable and useful. Lots of pics.
World War II
Banargee & Other Sketches
Paperback. Softcover. 4to. 148pp. Inscribed by Charles Abernethy. Sketches written in the 1940s while serving in the United States Army. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, light rubbing to wraps. Contents unmarked.
A Sound in the Sky
London: RK Hudson, Publisher, 1994. First printing. Paperback. 1994 Softcover, in Very Good condition, showing some wear, and also this is volume shows stamps and tagging that indicate that it was once part of a library collection.
On Target, with the American and Australian Anti-Aircraft Brigade in New Guinea
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1943. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1943. Cloth hardcover, 171 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, owner's old signature in ink on the front pastedown, ink inscription on the front flyleaf, age-toning to the pages and page-edges, rubbing and mottling to the book's covers.....
Robert Brasillach et la Generation Perdue (Les Cahiers du Rocher 2)
Paris: Rocher, 1987. Paperback. 1987, Softcover. French text. Very Good. Clean text.
The 1942 Lucky Bag, The Annual of the Regiment of Midshipmen
Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Academy, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. 1942. First edition of 4450 copies. Hardcover, 4to. in tan cloth with pictorial onlay, printed titles. 520pp. illustrated with portraits and class photos of Naval Academy cadets and midshipmen. Very good. Foxing, soil to board, offsetting to endpapers and tape.....
Third Service Command: Inspection for Overseas Service, 1 June 1944. I.O.S.
Fort Monroe, VA: Coast Artillery School, 1944. Paperback. 1944 Softcover 8vo, 8pp + many charts. Very good with some tanning to the covers and a stamp that reads "file" on the front. Contents, including charts, are clean and unmarked.
Ranglisten des Kaiserlichen und Königlichen Heeres, 1918: Abgeschlossen mit Personalverordnungsblatt Nr 40/18, teilweise bis Personalverordnungsblatt Nr. 77 Berichtigt
Wien: K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. 1918. German text. 2286 pp. Hardcover, thick 4to. Cloth-backed boards with the possibly original cloth spine. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Clean contents. About two-dozen stiff tabs on foredge text-block. Appears to be a list of soldiers who.....
To Die for Germany: Heroes in the Nazi Pantheon
Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1992. First edition. Paperback. First edition, 1992. Paperback, 329 pp. A near fine copy.
Carrie's War
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [1973]. Later printing. Hardcover. First American edition, fifth printing, [1973]. 8vo, hardcover, 159 pp. Book is Near Fine, author's signature on title page; otherwise, page are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is Near Fine, residue of library sticker on and near foot of spine. Dust.....
Scapegoats: A Defense of Kimmel and Short at Pearl Harbor
Annapolis, MAryland: Naval Institute Press, 1995. Third edition. Hardcover. 1995 Hardcover in Fine condition. In a Fine dust jacket.
Bell Serviceman Vol. 2, No. 3: February 1, 1944
Buffalo, NY: Bell Aircraft Corp. 1944. Paperback. 1944 Softcover 8vo, 14pp. Printed in green and black, copiously illustrated with cartoons, advertisements, and diagrammatic drawings of Bell aircraft parts and machines. With disclaimer on front cover, restricting distribution to unauthorized parties which would impacct the National War Effort. Ostensibly distributed to.....
Rumour and Reflection, 1941-1944
London: Constable Publishers, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1952, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 399pp., not illustrated. Book VG+ with hint of wear to edges, small white spotting to rear board, binding tight, endpapers off-set, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ VG with rubbing, toning.....
Lettre Aux Anglais - One of 32 signed copies
Rio de Janeiro: Atlantica Editora, 1942. First printing. Paperback. First edition, appears to be no. 8 of 32 numbered copies SIGNED BY BERNANOS, quarto, wraps, good plus copy with quite a bit of foxing to covers and endpapers, preliminary pages and last several pages, text otherwise very good and partly.....
Army & Navy Fun Parade, March 1943, Vol. 1 no. 12
St. Louis: Alfred Harvey Publications, 1943. Paperback. Digest sized journal measuring 7.5 inches tall, with Earl Moran cover depicting Betty Grable. 63 pp, almost all cartoons. Pages tanning.
Breakout and Pursuit (The European Theater of Operations, United States Army in World War II)
Washington DC: Chief of Military History of the US Army, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. 1978, reprint. Hardcover. One large fold-out map in envelope plus numerous fold-outs and photos bound-in. Very Good. Rubbing to covers. Clean contents.
Fighting Colours: RAF Fighter Camouflage and Markings 1937-1969
London: Patrick Stephens, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 1969 Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. In Very Good condition, with light edge wear, and with the previous seller notation to the front end papers. The price clipped Dust Jacket is also in Very Good condition, with light edge wear.
Robert Brasillach ou Encore un instant de bonheur
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1987. Paperback. 1987, Softcover. French text. Good. Rubbing and wear to the wraps; laminate peeling. Previous owner's signature; clean text.
The Book of Remembrance and War Record of Mill Hill School (1939-1945)
London: Mill Hill School / Frederick Stannard. Hardcover. Publication date and edition not stated, but internal evidence suggests a ca. 1948 publication. Hardcover in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear. No jacket present.
War and Peace in Finland; A Documentary Survey
New York: Soviet Russia Today, 1940. First edition. Paperback. 1940. First edition. Paperback. 128pp. with frontis map of Soviet railroads in Finland. Good. Wrapps are chipped at extremities. Head of spine is begining to detach from binding. The edges are dust spotted. Light foxing and water damage to bottom margin.....
Flares of Memory: Childhood Stories Written by Holocaust Survivors
Pittsburgh: Holocaust Center of the United Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, 1998. Hardcover. 1998. Hardcover. 586 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Very good. Spine-head bumped. Previous owner's gift inscription on half-title. Contents otherwise clean.
The New, Ten-Unit "Bus Library", including Wartime Maintenance Methods, Shop and Garage Short-Cuts, Maintenance Men's Guide to Conservation, Salvage, and Substitute Materials, Solutions to Wartime Rubber and Fuel Problems, Successful Bus Operating Practices, Practical Bus Management, Bus Industry Buyer's Guide, Detailed Mechanical Specifications Including Late Wartime Models, Ideas for the Bus Traffic Man, and Bus Advertising and Sales Promotion
New York: McGraw-Hill, ca. 1940. Paperback. 10 softcover 4to's, housed in original mailing envelope, no date, ca. 1940. Copiously illustrated. Complete issue of pamphlets relating to wartime bus operation and worker transportation issues. Includes technical information as well as editorial. All pamphlets are in fine condition, in near fine original.....
Marinus: Karikaturtegner med kamera
Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2007. Paperback. 2007 Softcover square 4to,189pp. This copy signed and inscribed on the title page by the author. Near fine with light general shelfwear. Contents are clean and unmarked. Illustrated.
Male Call, 112 of the G.I. Comic Strips By That Name--Featuring the Effortless War Activities of Miss Lace
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1945. Hardbound. Oblong quarto, hardbound in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, illustrated, unpaginated. Very Good+ copy in Very Good+ dust jacket, light soil/discoloration to covers and some pages of contents of the book, minor rubbing and wear to the tips and edges of the book, dust.....
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Katowice, Poland: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 1982, First Edition. Polish text. Approx. 125 pages. Illustrated in b&w. Near Fine in a Very Good- dust jacket. A strong, clean copy. DJ with snags and tears along the edges. DJ now in a mylar wrap.